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In fact, a surge by the Australians brought the eventual bronze-winners to within two seconds of her boat's finish, Burns said.
"It was close but not agonizingly close. We still had to sprint as hard as we could, to focus in and jump hard," Burns said. "I knew I couldn't even spend a fraction of a second looking around and wondering where we were."
"We were especially watching Romania," Burns said. "We knew they would be the fastest, but at the same time we weren't discounting the other boats."
Burns said her immediate reaction after the finish was to wonder if she could have rowed even better and caught the Romanians.
With the victory coming at the end of her career, Burns said those she has competed against for years, particularly those from other countries, have been very supportive and have helped make the experience a satisfying cap to a major part of her life.